Machine for cutting bagging.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

R. CLARK. MACHINE FOR CUTTING BAGGING.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1907.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING BAGGING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1907.

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MACHINE FOR CUTTING? BAGGING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb, 25, 1908.

Application filed Mag 28. 1907. Boris; No. 376.164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT CLARK, a citiprovements in Machines for Cutting Bag-j ging, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to an improvement in cutting machines and more particularly to a machine designed to out cloth or bagging into predetermined lengths for use in cotton presses.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a simple and eflicient machine of this character, the operation of which is automatic, the cloth being continuously fed from a supply roll and cutting instrumentalities being intermittently actuated at predetermined intervals to sever the same into proper lengths.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character which can be readily adjusted to obtain any desired length of cut. 4

Other objects of the invention will be aparent from the detailed description hereinafter, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof wherein a preferable embodiment of my invention is shown and wherein like numerals of reference refer to similarparts in the several views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof Referring now more particularly to the drawings the frame of my improved machine comprises base pieces A, A, which are designed to rest upon the ground and from the forward ends of which extend upwardly beams, B, B, the upper end of which are connected with the 'rearends of the base beams [1,21, by inclined beams C, (1. Secured to the upper sides of the inclined beams Q, C, adjacent the lower ends thereof are blocks c, 6 provided with squared openings therein which are designed to receive the squared ends of ashaft D, said shaft serving to support a spool. or roll of bagging which is mounted to rotate freely thereon. Journaled in the forward ends of the inclined beams C, (J of the frame of the machine are two superposed shafts E and F which carry rollers E and F between which the ends of the bagging upon the supply roll is designed to be assed. The shaft E is provided at one en with a drive pulley e from which. a belt extends to the gin or any suitable source of ower. The shafts E and F are-provided wlth gear wheels of equal size which are arranged to intermesh so that said shafts will be driven in unison.

G designates a table which extends between the beams B, B, of the frame and the rear edge of which extends into close proximity to the rolls E and F so as to receive the end of the bagging as it issues from between said rolls.

H designates a metallic shear plate which is secured at its ends to the beams'B, B, of the frame of the machine and. extends across the forward edge of the table G above referred to, said plate being designed to coopcrate with a cuttingblade to be hereinafter described to effect the severance of the bagging at the proper time.

I designates the cutting blade which is designed to cooperate with theshear plate H above referred to and is pivotally mounted adjacent its rear end 11 on a stud K projecting outwardly from a p-ate=secured to one of the beams B, B, of the harm, the free end of said blade working within a guide K secured to the other of the beams B, B.

L designates a shaft which extends transversely of the frame of the machine and is journaled in suitable bearings secured theretoin any desired manner. Detachably secured to one end of the shaft L so as to rotate therewith is a gear. wheel L which meshes with agear wheel L which is detachably secured to one, end of the shaft The shaft L also has detachably secured thereto so as to rotate therewith a segmental gear L which is arranged to periodically mesh with a gear wheel M which is secured to a shaft M" journaled in suitable bearings secured to the forward edges of the beams RB below the blade I heretofore described. The segmental gear is provided with a sufiicient number of teeth that it will eriodically effect one complete rotation of t e shaft MC The gear wheel M'iwhich is carried by the shaft M is provided 'eccentrically thereof with a wrist pin "in u on which is loosely mounted the ower en of a link N, the uuper end of which is ivotally connected to t elower end of a lin N, the upper end of said last mentioned link being in turn pivotally connected to the rear end of'the cutting blade I.

From the above described construction it be apparent that when the shaft E is .rotated t and, as the segmental gear L? has just enou h teeth to efiect a complete revolution of t e shaft M whenmoved into the mesh with the pinion M, it will be apparent that when the segmental gear moves out "of engagement with said gear the knife will always be left in its elevated position.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise form and construction shown in the drawings, as it is obvious that many minor changes may be made thereto without de- 1plarting from the spirit of the invention'as de-.

ned in the appended claims.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a machine of the character described,

a table a fixed cutting edge adj acent'one edge thereof, a shaft carrying a feed roll, a ivoted cutter arranged to cooperate with-sald fixed cutting edge, a shaft. for actuating said cutter, a gear carried by the cutter actuating shaft, a shaft provided with a segmental gear adapted to periodically engage the gear on the cutter actuating shaft, and gearing 0011- nectin said last mentioned shaft and the feed ro shaft. v

, 2. In a machine of the character described, a table, a fixed cutting edge adjacent one edge thereof, a shaft carrying a feed roll, a pivoted cutter arranged to cooperate with said fixed cutting edge, a shaft for actuating said cutter, a gear carried by the cutter actuating shaft, a shaft provided with a segmental gear adapted to periodically engage the gear on the cutter actuating shaft and intermeshing gears removably secured to said last mentioned shaft and the feed roll shaft.

3. In a machine of the character described, a table, a fixed cutting edge ad'acent one edge thereof, a shaft carrying a eed roll, a pivoted cutter arranged to cooperate with said fixed cutting edge, a link pivotally secured to said cutter, a shaft, a ear wheel carried thereby a link eccentrical y pivoted to said gear wheel and connected to the before-mentioned link, asecond shaft provided with a segmental gear adapted to periodically engage the gear on the first mentloned shaft, and gearing between the last mentioned shaft and the'feed roll shaft In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, ROBERT CLARK. Witnesses:

-WILLIE BEVERING,

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